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Bertha Berbert was elected School Commissioner for Westchester, New York. She was the first woman elected to this position in the county. Berbert served from 1899-1905. One source reported that because of the fame of her political campaigns Berbert received seven proposals of marriage. In 1906 the Republican party refused to nominate Berbert for a third term as school commissioner, claiming there was a party rule against third terms. Berbert planned to run as an independent in that election cycle. In 1906 Berbert married John Judah Hammond.
